Title: Beauty Dates the BeastAuthor: Jessica Sims
Series: Midnight Liasons #1
Genre: Adult, Paranormal Romance
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PJ’s QUICKIE POV:
Different and relatively entertaining, while ‘Beauty Dates The Beast’ wasn’t strong enough to detract me from the usual paranormal romance author tricks, I did find it amusing and thought the premise was relatively original. I’m a fan of Jill Myles’ (Jessica Sims) Succubus Series because it has a unique edge that is fun and pushes envelopes, this particular paranormal romance while a great entertaining, quick read, I don’t think compares to her other series, but I would highly recommend it to paranormal romance fans.
REVIEW:
In Bathsheba’s world werewolves, vampires and sirens exist, along with a lot of other paranormals. Bathsheba works for a dating service that specializes in the paranormal, where a vampire can find true love with a were-snake if they are so inclined. Even though Bathsheba and her sister work for a paranormal, for paranormals — she wants to stay as far away from them as possible. This is why when a particular persistent client insists on her going on a date with him, Bathsheba’s first instinct is to refuse, but if her boss finds out that she refused a client…well she needs her job and this particular were-cougar is quite persistent.
The chemistry between Beau and Bathsheba was great, it was my favorite part of the book. I enjoyed both of their characters and there was almost a zany edge that I found compelling within the story. It’s a very quick read and distracting, something you can power through in one day. The romance is high, the danger is also high — just don’t look too close to the plot because some parts just don’t click or make sense. I also kept thinking, “Poor girl, her parents named her Bathsheba and her sister got Sara.”
Overall, if you are looking for a fun, paranormal romance with lots of hotness — ‘Beauty Dates the Beast’ by Jessica Sims is right up your alley.
Recommendations:
Recommended for fans of romance and hot alpha males. Adults only this one doesn’t skimp on the romance.
Like This Like That:
Gentlemen Prefer Succubi (Succubus Diaries) by Jill Myles
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) by Charlaine Harris
I found the weaker parts of the plot made a lot more sense after I read the excerpt from the next book- I found Sara’s history to explain a lot more fully why she didn’t want to be discovered by the wolf pack and why it seemed like such a bad option, since through this book I kept thinking, this whole learning to be a werewolf thing doesn’t seem like something to take on all by your lonesome. While I liked the book, that was an issue for me- I shouldn’t need an excerpt from a second book to explain some important stuff in the first! At least it was a fun story.
Em, I haven’t read the excerpt for the next book yet, I’ll have to go and check it out. I was mainly thinking, why if you are trying to hide are you working for a paranormal? The whole hide the smell thing – yet she works in an office that paranormals come in frequently. Just seemed like so much added stress when she could easily just disappear into the normal world.
Yeah there were definitely a lot of parts where you had to either buy in or not, and the story didn’t do a whole lot to convince you to change your mind once it was made up. I am super excited for book 2 though, I think Sara and Ramsey are going to be awesome together.
Honestly, I havent read this book yet, but its on my reading list. I cant wait until I get my hands on it. Probably will read it in a day, like most books I look forward to reading.
I have heard so many interesting things about this book, and the concept of it is intriging and very original. The first time I saw the name of the book, I was wondering if it was along the lines of “Beauty and the Beast”, and I guess it kinda is, and I can already tell that its sexy (along with the characters) and its going to be on my top favorites with the Black Dager Brotherhood and Lords of the Underworld and The Immortals After Darks series. Cant wait to read it.
A fun paranormal with steam, yup that sums it up pretty much. I agree with you in that it doesn’t break the mold much or throw huge surprises. But it is humerous and a quick read. I will pick up the next one in the series most likely.